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VOL. XVIII. No. 60
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KINSTON, N, C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY price two cents
,YT FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
ITALIANS CAPTURE BRIDGE AT GORITZ AND SENATE PASSES THEjOIG SHORTAGE SOI
NATION-WIDE PRICE
R'LWAY EMPLOYES REFUSE TO
BEGIN HEAVY ATTACK ON CITY IN GJIEAT CHILD LABOR BILL OF TIE IMPORT,
OF BREAD TEN CENT?
MEDIATION UNDER AUSPICES GOVlIENT
PROFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROADS '
NEW OFFENSIVE; TREMENDOUS ENTHUSI BY A BIG MAJORITY CRC?5 THIS SE4S0N
IS
CONSIDER
Attackers May Have Taken Important Place Already
Expected Foon to Be Marching to Port of Trieste
Warships Aiding, in Assault Two Million Men Engag
ed In Terrific Battle in Which Austrians Seem to Be
Losing Italians Sang and Wore Flowers in Their
Hats as They Swung Across Bridge to Drive Down Up-
on-Defenders-Decisive Victory Expected Might
Turning Point of the War
I Measure Had Already Gone Less Corn, Wheat, Oats, To-
Through House Twelve i bacco, Cotton and Pota-
Voted Against, Nearly alj toes ii North Carolina,
oouuiern Democrats
Wilson Insisted fc. , NATffWS FAfiMFRS IfKF
ft V p W ' AM ft V aUWM
Be
of
Washington, -Aug. 8. The Senate Honvilv Frnm TCprlnpfirms
wwj luuuy passea we oiu xo prevent! -
uovernmem; i;rop itepor
Shows No Item Forecast
ed to be as Big as 191
Production
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London, Aug. 9. The Italians have taken ten
tfiousard prisoners at Contain the biggest Ital
ian victory of the war. :
Rome, Aug. 9. Two million men are battling along
ihe Isonzo front in a great struggle centering around Go
ritz, that- mav Prove the" turning point of the war. The
Italians have captured Goritz bridge,1 pouring across- to
assault, Goritz and singing gayly, with helmets decorated L...
With flQWej'S., It IS believed the Capture,.Wlll be -Complete I Mississippi-OenrocVati, . and Oliver! of the August crop report for the
w ' -V ' ' ' ; " ' m . , ' . 1 ..' . 1 . 1 i J . 1 . v.. .f I t ' ..! t . I IT.U.J cii.i 1 Al.
interstate commerce in products
child labor by a vote of 52 to 12.
Tho measurewhich already had
passed the House, was brought to a
vote in the Senate upon the insistence
of President Wilson after the Demo
cratic Senate caucus once- had decid
ed to defer its consideration until De
cember.
Senators who voted against Die
bill were Bankheadi Alabama; Bry
an and Fletcher, Florida; Hardwick
and Smith, Georgia; Overman and
Simmons, North Carolina; Smith and
an, South iCarolina; Williams,
(Special to The Free Press)
Chicago, Aug. 9 Wheat jump
ed from five to seven cents as the
' result of the government crop re
port predicting a thirty per cent,
decrease in production.'
Washingtonf Aug. 3. A summary
Pennsylvania-
-Repub-
X;
and Penrose,
licans.
Opposition to the measure had
come chieflyf rom Southern cotton
mill owners, and the group of South-
srn Democrats who voted against it
had fought it in caucus and maintain
ed their opposition during; the Sen-
United States as compiled by the
Bureau of Crop Estimates and trans
mitted through the Weather Bureau,
shows that nearly 'every important
crop has lost heavily sine earlier re
ports. Corn is badly in need of rain
in some sections.' Returns from cor
respondents indicate that the loss to
will he
in a few hours, if no already accomplished.
Fifteen thousand Austrians were captured in the first
two days of the offensive.
Ronxe and the other cities are being swept with ire
nendbus enthusiasm
Terrific bombardment of the Austrian line from land
. . ... . -r, i. 11.. Tl. -I"'' v
IS being augmented Dy nre irom ltauan warsmps. il IS ate debate on the ground that the re- the planters of the .nation
believed a decisive Victory is imminent that Will Send the gulatjon proposed is unconstitutional I many mtUion dollars.
Italians marching on Trieste.
Allies Itammering With Fury at Teutons on Every Front.
;; (By EDWARD U KEEN)
London, Aug. 9. A mighty triple offensive, with sev
eral million men employed and thousands of guns engag
ed, is slowly squeezinghe armies of the Central Empires
on every front. Tne uermans are ngnung stuooorniy, m
majiy , instances with rare bravery.
and would interfere with the rights of j
I the States.
REYNOLDS FINED FOR
ASSAULT AT ASHEVILLE
Asheville, Aug. 8. Robert ft. Rey-1
nolds, one-time candidate for Con
gress from the Tenth District, was
The Austrc-German-Turkish forces are giving ground fin.ed w and costs in police court
m every theater of warisave in the Balkans, Where the r Tr
recent SKirmisnes neraiaea me oegmning 01 , a xourui exw ciub, yesterday.
great Allied offensive. The Slavs are advancing along a "
jJKaumatea lor important crops in
the country nd State of North Caro
lina follow: f
Corn State: August 1' forecast,
65,400,000 bushels; production' last
year (final estimate), 64,060,000 bush
els. United , Stales : August 1 fore
cast, 2,780,000,000 bushels ; produc
(Continued on page four) . ;
NEW YORK FACES A
MILK FAMINE OVER
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
(By the United Press)
New York, Aug. 9. A milk
famine is faced here as the re
sult of a demand on upstate dai
ries for higher prices. Distribu
tors here refude to consider the
demand. A conference between
civic and State authorities is to
be held.
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS SPANKED AND SHOCKED
IN LODGE-ROOM, SAID
Pitt county will not hold a fair
front of 30 miles, from Nedworns to' Nisniof. Nedworns, GREENSBORO MAN LOSES
a railway center oi iu,uuu pupuutuuii, una ueeu captuicu. ..nn nriiiir CWIMlWIMr
nf CfoniaTon iha rnfiiro ft whiph wmild mafpr.
r r rrrni: .. Aug. s.j. H, ck.
laiiy increase me uanger lu vjciicx ai v uii uuumici o m uy. a well-known insurance man, was
The most striking victory by Italians, since the war drowned in the lake at Guilford Bat
wna WimwrnVW wniild nart.lv onen the "wftV t6 Trieste, tleground late this afternoon while in
... i . . . .1 iwlmniitiM
u gicau uujwuyc w .-J'6. ;..MR Cook was 5 years of agi( ftnd
inere.is resistance prooaDiy at uonu, duu me austrians is Burvived by hia wife and a soni
are believed ttf have been forced to strip their lines to the
danger point, to meet the Russian menace in .Galicia.
In the west another "slice of the German second line has
' been won, on a four-mile front north of the Somme. The
Teutons are on the offensive only at Verdun. Their posi
tions have ; been -changed eight times since : the offensive this year,
began. The Allies are marchine: victorious in the Cauca- An officer from Camp Glenn was at
, ,1 "AW-. T. Orr and Furman, Murray, alleged
New Great Battle In West. v deserters from, Company F, Second
Paris, Aug. 9.TheGerman3 again naye recaptured infantry,
niaumont redoubt, northeast or veraun, in neavy ngni- rnri7r rf irrnn in
fag, whicl lAd all night, it bBffidally staW- The iVitM IN
rrencn repulsed all otner attacKs on me veruun iroia,
advancing toward Fleury. , -
North of the Somme the Germans repeatedly counter-
- - w6 .vu..ugiu dgaiiisi uie flmca new pUB1UUUSMllhlM A WV l II I 'r I permanent injury sustained from the
. Uljlllllilll 1 UUUU Ui UL I employment of on electrical applianc
in an initiation. The presiding juage
ordered a nonsuit. - If anyone, was
responsible, it was the Individuals.
who initiated Ange, and not the Sov
ereign Camp, in whose ritual and in
structions to subordinate camps no
such treatment of a candidate was
The nianu
f acturer of the device said it was in
possible for Ange to have been in
jured as alleged and medical men's
testimony was against his contention,
Ange said he had been caused to
have fits, etc.
The appliance described ? by Ange
was an affair with two handles, lie
was instructed to stoop to pull the
handles, and that with, all his energy,
so that the "result that was register
ed'' could be sent into 'headquarters.
When Ange pulled the tiamlles, he
said, he received a shocking e' Ttrical
;e and wai uranked by a r "t of
.rivance that had previou .!y
i-v.newiJy lyin? W.e.-
1 in t',i f.v-.
DARING RAID OVER
Jesse Ange, Suing in Novel Case In
Washington' County Court, Told
About Appliance Used In Side De
gree by Fraternal Order Judge
Ordered Nonsuit
Mr. G. V. Cowper has returned
from Plymouth, where he appeared
Tuesday in the novel case of Jesse C.
Ange vs. the Sovereign Camp of
Woodmen of the, World. Ange was
asking $3,000 damages for alleged
finally entering 3 single trench, but were partly ejected,
e uauie continues in that region. '
Stanislau In Danger. . ,
Petrograd, Aug. 9. The Gah'cian town of Tyamionics,
seven miles east of Stanislau, has fallen before General
Lochitahy,5 it is stated Officially. Over 700 prisoners were
taken, half of them German. The advance on Stanislau
has gained six miles in 24 hours.- . 1
LAKRANZA HAS EIGHTY THOUSAND !
Bomb Town, Causing Big
Fires and Explosions
Flew With Speed of Hur-
ricane, Penetrating Coun- authorized, it was aui.
try 200 Miles
1IEN0N
THE BORDER; BANDITS ARE BEING CIEAN'D
WM PATROLLED, IT'S SAID
OUT AND Fl
(By the United Press) : V
Mexico City, Aug. 9. Eighty thousand Carranzistas
are How patrolling the border and rounding up and ex
ijnrinating bandits, War Minister Obregon today said.
Conditions are Satisfactory," he declared- In official and
financial circles, it is denied that Mexico plans a loan in
the United States. ;. .. .-.
(By ttie United Preas); ,
Parig, AufA 9. Flying in the dark
ness at the fate of a mile a mmute,
French aeronauts last, night crossed
the Vosge mountains ftnd the Black j
forest in Germany and bombarded the
town of Rothweil, on the Necker civ-1
er, causing great fires and intense ex
plosions, it is ofiicially said.. : v
The start was made after . dusk.
Two hundred miles was covered in
three hours and twenty-five minutes.
There were a number of air com! n'5
on the Verdun front. A German v -plane
snl c:-: ive ia" oon- wc' . -trev"
!.
'Sacred Duty to Public'' to
Increase! Higher. Cos
Ingredients and Labor
Cited Housewives Fight
Strenuously
pi the United Presi)
Salt Lake City, Aug. 9. the
National Master Bakers' organi
zation today adopted a resolution
declaring it to be the bakers'
"sacred duty to the public to fix
the price of bread at ten cents."
The unprecedented rise hi the prices
of ingredients and labor is given as
tho cause. Tho new nationwide in
crease is proposed to be permanent,
Seven hundred thousand members
of the National Housewives' League
will fight the action.
KINSTON COUNTRY
CLUB INCORPORATED
Kinston
(By W. J. MARTIN)
Raleigh, .Aug.. 9 The
Country Club, without capital stock,
for the maintenance of a clubhouse,
golf course and other features, was
chartered today. Tho incorporators
are J. A, BizzeHJ. J. Stevenson,
W. B. (Douglass and R. E. JHewborn,
ANOTHER CASE WHERE
THERE WERE NO FENCES
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C, Aug. 9. J, 0.
Swanner of Beaufort county held six
cows, -admittedly the property of B.
Cooper, and, refused ' to deliver
them to the owner, charging him $25
damages for the cows wandering on
his fields and $14 for1 their upkeep.
Mayor, a local magistrate refused
to allow damages, saying there were
no fences on the Swanner farm, etc.
Swanner appealed the case.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
FOUR DIE IN 2EP. RAH).
London, Aug. 9. One or more '
zeppelins raided the coast of Eng
land and Scotland this morning,
it is ofiicially reported. Three
women' and a child were killed
and fourteen persons injured. The
raiders were driven off by 'the
coast guard.
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COTTON EXPORTS.
Washington, Aug. 9. -Cotton
exported in the week ending Au
gust 5 was 94,000 bales, against
37,000 in the corresponding week
last year.
JAMES G. DELEMAR
OF NEW BERN DIES
VHILE IN BATHING
(By the United Press) . " ' ,
New York, Aug. 9.Thc railroad employes
will accept the offer of the services of the U. S.
Hoard of Mediation, provided immediate action is
taken, it was announced this afternoon- ,
New York, Aug. 9. The Railroad Brotherhoods to
day refused to accept government mediation, proffered by
the railroads at a conference. .-
Government Mediators Waiting and Watching.
New York, Aug. 9. With the men determined to
force their demands and reluctant to accept arbitration,
the Brotherhood and railroad representatives mefc again
today. All members of the United States Boarii of Medi
ation are here watching., It is probable that they will of
fer their services today. . , . '
REDFIELD ASSERTS
HUGHES MADE FALSE
STATEMENTS DETR'T
l .'.':
Charges Against Adminis
i tration Refuted by Secre
tary and Also Ihe Acting
Secretary of Commerce,
E. F. Sweet
ASSOCIATION
Succumbed to Heart Failure
AVhile Standing In Water
Only Two Feet Deep He
Was Prominent Socially
and as Churchman
r 1
(Special to The Free Press)
New Bern, Aug. 9. James G. Del-
emar, prominent local man, suc
cumbed to heart failure while bath
ing at Wyatt's beach about 8:15 o'
clock last night He was seen to
fall while standing in about two feet
of water. Strenuous efforts at resus
citation failed.
MrDelemar was 38 years old, an
active churchman and has extensile
family connections. The funeral is to
be held here, probably today.
f ..; '-rribe to The Free Press. -
Washington, Aug. 8. Statements
made by Chas, E. Hughes, Republic
an nominee for the presidency, in"!
speeches at Detroit yesterday .were
characterized as "false as to facts
and of misleading substance" ia tele,
grams sent by administration officials
tonight after a long discussion of the
subject by President Wilson and his
cabinet at today's meeting. The
charges related to changes, in the
coast and geodetic survey and the
Census Board. .s
Secretary Redfield, in Binghamton,
telegraphed to Secretary Tumulty di-
nying the charges made by Mr.
Hughes and later sent a similar tele
gram to Mr. Hughes. Edwin ( F.
Sweet, Acting Secretary of Commerce
Mr. Redfleld's absence, also tele
graphed Mr. Hughes giving a detail-
d refutation of the charges.
Mr.' Hughes cited the retirement of
E. Dana Durand' fis director of the
census and the appointment of Wil
liam J. Harris in his place, and the
replacement of O. H. .Tittman as
head of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey by Dr. E. Lester Jones. Mri
Eedfield's telegram to Secretary Tu
multy follows: , j
"Statement of Hughes respecting
appointments Census and Coast Sur-
vey in Detroit false as to facts , and
of misleading substance. ' You may
say from me, Durand of Census, re
tired voluntarily, was not removed or
retired. I recommended him to his
present employment. Harris' suc
cession was not political. Made fine
record and promoted trade commis
sioner for merit. Tittman's Coast
Survey, retired voluntarily after my
refusing one resignation. Jones, his
successor, promoted for meritorious
work as Deputy Commissioner of
Fisheries. Has made wonderfuf re
cord instilling new life into service."
Ayden will have a racing matinee
on the 18th.
FAIR"
SELECTS HONORARY
VICE
About Half Hundred Men
In Ten Counties Named
Athletics ' Department
New Feature for Exhibit
This Fall
' The jKinston Fair Association's di
rectorate at a meeting Tuesday night
created new department for the fair
'the Athletic department and : de '
elded to devote Friday, October 27, to
a field meet; named Wednesday, Octo -ber
23, "Educational Day," and elect
ed for the coming fair the following .
honorary vice-presidents in the ten
counties catered to by the fair:
Lenoir H. W, Brothers, John C'
Davis, W... L. Kennedy, K, E. Sut.'
ton, J. L. Jackson, W. B. Becton
Parker Howard, E. ft. 'Waller, He
ber- Worthington, O,' Taylor, Georgei
West, S. W. Ipock. ' -
Jones-A. J. Collins, J. K. Dixon, '
Hayes Chadwlck, W. B. Hargett,
Purney Brock, Ben. T. Pollock, Pas
cal Taylor. "v
Onslow T. B. Henderson, Pete) ,
Smith, N. S. Sylvester. . .'
Wayne J. R. Muryin, Q. A
Fields. i "
Duplin-, E. O., Parker, O. W
Quinn, . W. G. Kornegay, lonnia
Smith. W. J. Middleton.y
Pitt L. J. Chapman, J. W. Park
er, Dr. C. O'H Laughinghouse, A:
W. Ange, Seth T. Hooker, Joe P,
Quinerly. H
Greene C. L. Hardy, J. Exum,
Jr., D. W. Patrick. Or. J. 11. Hat
per, W, W. Ormond, H. F. Hardy, -
Chas. Swinson.
Pender E . A . Hawes, G . P,,
Powers, Rev. W. S. Key.
Craven W C. .White, W. , R '
Sauls, Dr. Stephen Hawes, . J
Carteret C. S. Wallace. Clyda
Morton. - ,
James county may erect number
of dipping vats to aid in cattle tick
eradication. Craven county has ap
propriated $5,000 for the purpose and
Pitt $1,000. - , - -
BRANDEIS AND LANE WILL BE ON
THE MEXICAN COMMISSION
Washington, Aug. 9. Louis D. Brandeis and Sec
retary of the Interior Lane were today selected by
President Wilson tJ serve on : the Mexican Peace
Commission. A' third member will be announced
when he accepts! , -- s 1
The Mexican Commissioners, named last week,
re Ignacio Bonillas, a government under secretary:
Albert Openy, a Mexican railway president, and
Luis Cabrere, Minister of Finance.
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